Festival d’Automne

Since 1972, the Festival d’Automne à Paris has supported artists by producing and presenting their work. Multi-disciplinary, international, and nomadic, it continues to do so in a spirit of fidelity, openness, and discovery.

Theatre, music, dance, visual arts, and cinema: the Festival d’Automne à Paris is devoted to the contemporary arts and the convergence of different disciplines. Each year, from September to December, it hosts nearly 50 events and welcomes around 250,000 spectators.

The Festival d’Automne à Paris’s international programme has established it as a major player in the field of artistic creation both in France and worldwide. It regularly collaborates with leading international festivals and major cultural institutions abroad. Since its foundation, it has devoted significant parts of its programme to performing arts from outside Europe, including Korea, Mongolia, South Africa, China, India, Iran, Mexico, Japan, and Egypt.

Since 2012, it has presented “Portraits” of outstanding figures on the international scene, including Robert Wilson (USA), William Forsythe (Germany), Romeo Castellucci (Italy), Luigi Nono (Italy), Unsuk Chin (Korea), Krystian Lupa (Poland), Irvine Arditti & Quatuor Arditti (UK), and Lucinda Childs (USA).

Without a permanent venue of its own, the Festival d’Automne à Paris partners with cultural institutions across Paris and Île-de-France to present the work of its featured artists.

Every year, from the Odéon-Théâtre de l’Europe to the MC93, the Centre Pompidou to Nanterre-Amandiers, the Théâtre de Chelles to the Philharmonie de Paris, and the Centquatre-Paris to the Théâtre de Gennevilliers, around forty cultural venues host events.